The moon is in the sky, and at night, a full moon glows like snow, reflecting on the desolate streets. The bluestone paved road is uninhabited, only a few inns on both sides of the road flickering faintly.

On the street, Jiang Xiaoqi changed back into a white coat and walked aimlessly, raising his head from time to time, looking at the bright moon hanging in the night sky with deep eyes. Today is the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, in the world that once belonged to him, this day should be the Mid-Autumn Festival, the day of family reunion, and the friendly family will sit around and enjoy the bright moonlight at night.

And in this strange world, everything seems to repeat the same day, the passage of time has no end, and the rings of the years never stop. The people here don't really belong to their festivals, and in this world that worships martial arts, only the strong deserve to have so-called peace.

Under the bright moon, the afterglow sprinkled onto the earth and was reflected on Jiang Xiaoqi's handsome face. At this moment, looking at the full moon in the night sky, Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't help but feel a touch of emotion in his heart. Once, on the day when the jade plate under the night sky reached its roundest, Jiang Xiaoqi would take the old man Shi to the small courtyard full of peach trees to admire the moon, drink the peach blossom wine brewed by the old man himself, and talk nonsense drunk.

In his previous life, Jiang Xiaoqi was alone, and during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he would sit at the highest place somewhere, looking at the bright moon hanging high in the night. At that time, he felt that he was quite similar to the full moon, the same loneliness, the same coldness.

"I want to go back by the wind, but I am afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, and the high place is unbearable. ”

"People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete. I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles. ”

Under the night sky, the dark towering city wall is like a piece of white frost, on the pavilion where the city tower stands, Jiang Xiaoqi leans back to the pavilion umbrella, holds the mellow wine gourd in one hand, looks at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky, and pours a few sips into his mouth, the corners of his mouth are fluttering with familiar poems, drunk and slightly drunk, and a little blush passes on his white cheeks.

"Use the moonlight to express your thoughts and enjoy the next round of bright moon in the night sky, maybe the ancients will have all kinds of helplessness in their hearts. ”

The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't help laughing at himself, picked up the wine jug in his hand and continued to pour it into his mouth.

"Boy, you've caused so much trouble, you still have the heart to drink here. ”

At this time, a scolding voice came from behind Jiang Xiaoqi, followed the sound and looked, and then, I saw the old donkey walking slowly from the city wall, staring at Jiang Xiaoqi, who was slightly drunk in front of him, with a pair of round eyes, he opened his tongue and shouted.

"Brother Donkey, come, a toast to this moon. ”

didn't get up, Jiang Xiaoqi looked up at the big face of the old donkey, the corners of his mouth were pulled, and the spiritual light in his palms was filled, and two heavy wine jars appeared in the sight of the old donkey, and then, seeing Jiang Xiaoqi's arm, he threw one and threw it at the old donkey in front of him.

"No way, your kid's wine is too bad, it's better to have a drink with you. ”

Catching the wine jar thrown by Jiang Xiaoqi, the old donkey glanced at him with a pair of big eyes, his eyes were full of contempt, and then he scolded and scolded, and after groaning, he lay down next to Jiang Xiaoqi, his bloated body crushed several tiles, and suddenly there was a ping-pong sound. Fortunately, the pavilion was also made of obsidian, otherwise, the bloated figure of the old donkey alone would have been enough to crush this petite pavilion.

Although he shouted that Jiang Xiaoqi's wine was not good, the old donkey's body was very honest, and he poured it straight into his mouth with his hooves holding the heavy wine jar, and the mellow wine smell went down his stomach, and the old donkey suddenly changed his expression with a slightly sluggish expression, and he pulled his tongue to taste the aroma of wine in his mouth.

The aroma and smell of peach blossom brewing is unique, the old man will collect the first peach blossom in early spring every year, purify it in a unique way, place various auxiliary materials for storage, and brew 9981 days before you can get a small jar of peach blossom brew.

"Brother Donkey, is the moon here also a planet?"

Recalling the soft aroma of wine in his mouth, Jiang Xiaoqi's deep pupils reflected the bright moonlight, his cheeks were slightly drunk, his eyes couldn't help but be a little distracted, he turned his cheeks sideways, and asked the old donkey beside him who was in a trance.

"What the hell planet, there's just a corpse hanging there. ”

Jiang Xiaoqi's words fell on the old donkey's ears, and he immediately saw it grinning, pulling its tongue, raising its huge head, and speaking to Jiang Xiaoqi beside him with a big grin.

"Huh, a corpse?"

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoqi's hand holding the wine jug couldn't help but be stunned, his trance-like expression gradually sobered up, and he spoke softly, muttering to himself.

"It's just a place of outcasts, and it's better to say it in a cage than the world. ”

I don't know if it's the peach blossom wine intoxicating, or the old donkey's temperament, I saw it snort and sigh lightly, and said such an inexplicable word.

"Life is like a struggle, everyone is imprisoned in a cage, fighting against the current, only hoping to break through that shackle, but in the end you find that what awaits you behind the cage is only a greater bondage. ”

Perhaps it was the old donkey's emotion that evoked Jiang Xiaoqi's memories, and immediately followed the old donkey's words, lamenting the so-called cage in the world.

"Tomorrow is the day of execution, what's your kid's plan?"

Regarding Jiang Xiaoqi's words, the old donkey was noncommittal, and did not describe it too much, but opened his mouth and mentioned the problems he was about to face.

They all know that tomorrow's so-called execution is just a trap set by the Lu family in order to force Jiang Xiaoqi to show up, although Jiang Xiaoqi also knows it, it is difficult for him to cross the hurdle in his heart. If he withdraws tomorrow, he will naturally not have any trouble, but this matter will become a barrier in his heart, forming a demon, which will cause great trouble to his future cultivation.

Along the way, what a warrior is looking for is not too frank, follow his heart, and do not let anything become his own fetters, and the future will become broad. On the contrary, if he is tied, then he will not go far on the path of martial arts cultivation.

"The means that should be in place have been prepared, and at this moment, the only thing I am worried about is whether the Lu family will have an existence beyond the Four Manchurian Realms, and with my current strength, it is indeed too reluctant to face that kind of existence. ”

With a light sigh, Jiang Xiaoqi sat up straight, looked into the distance, looked in the direction of the Lu family in the city, and slowly spoke, his words mixed with a bit of heaviness.

Although Jiang Xiaoqi's meridians have been opened to thirty and two, and the majesty of his spiritual power has also reached the peak of a stage, in the final analysis, Jiang Xiaoqi's cultivation is still in the Yangxi realm, and he is confident that he will crush the ordinary martial artists in the upper four full realms.

Even if he encounters a powerhouse of the Four Manchurian Realms who was once at the peak of Old Man Shi, he has a lot of confidence to be able to contend with it, and no matter how bad he is, he has a certain amount of self-preservation power under the hands of that kind of existence, and he still has the certainty of escaping safely.

However, the martial artists who surpassed Siman and arrived at the Upper Star Realm were really reluctant to compete with Jiang Xiaoqi's current strength. Prior to this, under the deep pool of the Lu family, the old man who had reached the Star Realm in half a step, the majesty of his spiritual power alone was enough to crush him. The reason why Jiang Xiaoqi was able to achieve the final victory was only because of the old man's carelessness and contempt for the enemy, as well as Jiang Xiaoqi's own strong physique, and under the accumulation of many factors, he was able to achieve such a victory by surprise.

The martial artists who went to the Star Realm in half a step were already so strong, and Jiang Xiaoqi needed to fight with his body in order to win a lucky victory from the danger. If he really faced the martial artists of the Upper Star Realm, whether it was in terms of the strength of his spiritual power or the strength of his own body, Jiang Xiaoqi would be completely at a disadvantage, and the only thing he could rely on was the advantage of spiritual skills.

"According to the news I got recently, Lu Ming, the head of the Lu family, is very likely to have crossed the Four Manchus realm, otherwise, the power of the inland family would not have expanded so rapidly in the near future. ”

Jiang Xiaoqi's words made the old donkey also fall silent for a while, and after thinking about it in his mind, he spoke like this. Although this is not good news for Jiang Xiaoqi, from what he has seen, it is very likely that Lu Ming has stepped into the Upper Star Realm and become a martial artist of that level.

Although the old donkey admitted that Jiang Xiaoqi's current strength was enough to form a crushing momentum among martial artists of the same level, and even ordinary martial artists in the Four Full Realm were not his opponents, if he really faced the existence of the Upper Star Realm, Jiang Xiaoqi's chances of winning were very small.

"With my current physique, what are the odds of winning a fight with a martial artist in the Upper Star Realm?"

Considering various factors, Jiang Xiaoqi frowned slightly, spoke in a deep voice, and asked the old donkey on the side.

"Although according to the body refining method of that evil sect, your current realm has not even touched the first layer, but in terms of physique, you are already considered the top among the martial artists of the Four Full Realms, but against the martial artists of the Upper Star Realm, you still lose more and win less. ”

After this period of getting along, the old donkey has a rough assessment of Jiang Xiaoqi's strength, in terms of spiritual power, he who has opened up the thirty-two meridians is not inferior to a genius martial artist in the same realm, although there is still a certain gap from the demonic existence of Daozi, but in this realm, Jiang Xiaoqi has an invincible posture.

Two months of body forging time is not a long time, but the old donkey has witnessed the hellish ordeal that Jiang Xiaoqi has experienced here, and the body forging method recorded in the evil sect exercise will make countless people daunted just by looking at it, but Jiang Xiaoqi has persevered one by one, so he can temper his body to an almost perverted point in such a short period of time.

However, it is still the same sentence, the gap between the Yangxi Realm and the Upper Star Realm is not a simple level gap, there are also various considerations in various aspects. Only by integrating all aspects of the body without the slightest mistake can we step on all sides and be born to the stars. This step has stopped how many martial artists from the door, isn't that the old man of the Lu family like this?

"If I transform all the spiritual power in my body and classify it as magic power, will I be able to compete with the Upper Star Realm martial artists in terms of spiritual power?"

After listening to the old donkey's words, Jiang Xiaoqi's slightly frowning brows deepened a little again. For no reason, Jiang Xiaoqi burst out of such a thought in his heart, blurted out, and turned sideways to ask the surprised old donkey on the side.

"This... I don't know much about this strange magic, and I don't know if you can compete with the martial artists of the Upper Star Realm after naturalizing all your spiritual power into magic. ”

I have to say that Jiang Xiaoqi's remarks are very bold. First of all, not to mention whether spiritual power can complete the transformation to magic power, just because magic power cannot be cultivated with the system of this world, it is enough to put Jiang Xiaoqi in a dilemma.

If the transformation of spiritual power into magic power is one-way, then Jiang Xiaoqi will lose the spiritual power he has, as for whether he can cultivate again, it is unknown, after all, no one has given up the cultivation of his own spiritual power, let alone the magic power of the unknown system.

Looking at the old donkey's look of surprise, Jiang Xiaoqi sighed in his heart. He also didn't know if such an extreme approach would be able to get the power to resist the Upper Star Realm, and it was even more difficult to foresee the consequences of the naturalization of the spiritual power in his body into magical power. Perhaps, at that time, the curved pond in his body will become empty, from a bubbling spring to a dry and dry up.

"Let's go, everything will be revealed tomorrow. ”

Putting away the chaotic emotions in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi stood up from the pavilion, and finally glanced at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky, stepped lightly on the soles of his feet, his body swept up in the air, and flickered and fell on the peaceful street under the city wall.

The second half of the night

In the inn, Jiang Xiaoqi listened to the snoring of the old donkey, lay on the bed without closing his eyes, and looked sideways at the bright moonlight outside the window, stunned.

In his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi was thinking about the various means he had, and he was thinking about what could threaten the existence of a martial artist in the Upper Star Realm. The Great Compassion Hand left by Old Man Shi is indeed top-notch, but with his current cultivation, he can only use the first weight, shaking the mountain seal, although it has a strong and domineering power, but it is still unknown whether it can pose a threat to the martial artists of the Star Realm.

As for the Gusheng Spell, a spiritual skill similar to a secret method, although Jiang Xiaoqi was able to cast it, his understanding of it was far less profound than that of the Great Compassion Hand. This secret method is too mysterious, and there are many obscurities in it that are difficult to understand.

This solid life spell is not a direct domineering spirit technique like the Great Compassion Hand, its existence is more inclined to a kind of unpredictable. To put it bluntly, Jiang Xiaoqi's understanding of it at this time is like a secret method of all-round amplification, which can temporarily raise your own abilities to a higher level. Whether it is the cultivation of speed, strength, or spiritual power, there will be a significant increase.

As for what the phantom condensed behind Jiang Xiaoqi when he cast the secret method, he didn't know. According to his understanding, the huge phantom condensed behind him was like another him, no matter what moves or spiritual skills Jiang Xiaoqi used, he would use that phantom to express himself, so it was difficult for Jiang Xiaoqi to understand all the special secret methods of the Gusheng Mantra.

"I heard Grandpa Shi say that this fragment fell from the origin of the water spirit, and it is the most original substance that builds this world, is such a powerful divine object just endowed with spiritual power attributes?"

Suddenly, Jiang Xiaoqi recalled the scene when he had brought this origin fragment into his body, and he vaguely remembered what Old Man Shi had said. The Origin Fragment coexists in the world, and it is the most primordial substance that constructs this world, and when you obtain it, you can have supreme power.

But since Jiang Xiaoqi got this origin fragment, except for the first time he used it to cleanse his spiritual power and widen the Qu Chi, the rest of the time, this thing has been sleeping in his body, without any movement, judging from its mediocre performance, it is not as strange as Old Man Shi said.

"Buzz"

Thinking like this in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi stood up, sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyes closed slightly, and his mind fell silent in his body. Then, I saw an illusory Jiang Xiaoqi slowly condensed from his body, completely transparent, the size of a thumb, and floated towards the Qu Chi of spiritual power surging in his body under his control.

As the name suggests, the Qu Chi is like a pool of pure water, lying across the abdomen of the upper limbs, and if you look inward, you can see the Qu Chi, which resembles a deep well. There is no obvious boundary in the curved pool, it gradually fades from the inside out, the edge is surrounded by a dark and cold atmosphere, the center is like a deep pool, filled with spiritual power foam, and the misty breath lingers above the curved pool, giving people an ethereal hazy feeling.

Jiang Xiaoqi's mind floated, and he came to the edge of the Qu Chi, surrounded by the mist, and looked at the huge Qu Chi. Jiang Xiaoqi's mind body looked particularly petite next to the Qu Chi, and in contrast to each other, Jiang Xiaoqi seemed to be really in a lake, but the lake in front of him was completely transformed by spiritual power.

As for the fragment of the water spirit origin, it had been lying silently in the center of the Qu Pond, at the bottom of the lake, occupying the place where Jiang Xiaoqi's spiritual power was most abundant.

"Plop"

As soon as he stepped on the soles of his feet, he saw Jiang Xiaoqi's mind body leap forward, and he plunged into the huge Qu Chi in front of him, swimming in the majestic spiritual power lake, looking for the floating origin fragments in the center of the Qu Chi.

"What a pure water spirit. ”

At the bottom of the curved pool, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the azure origin fragment in front of him and couldn't help but exclaim. Although this was not the first time he had felt this pure origin aura, but now that he saw it again, Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't help but sigh at the pure aura contained in this fragment.

Raising his hand to caress the smooth surface of the origin fragment, Jiang Xiaoqi only felt a warm and cool breath welling up in his heart, and the silent spiritual power in the Qu Chi couldn't help but cheer at this moment, bubbling and surging.

Looking at the silent origin fragment in front of him, Jiang Xiaoqi was also a little overwhelmed for a while, for this mysterious guy, he was helpless in his heart, and he didn't know what kind of special power this fragment had. For a stone, Jiang Xiaoqi doesn't know how to figure it out, is it difficult to communicate with it like a human?

Talking to a rock, such an act will be strange to anyone who looks at it.

Holding the attitude of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, Jiang Xiaoqi really stepped forward, raised his hand and stroked his palm on the surface of the fragment of brilliance, communicated with it with his heart, and talked to it like a family chatter.

In this way, Jiang Xiaoqi was like a crazy patient, standing at the bottom of the Qu Chi and reading with a stone in pieces. I don't know how long time has passed, Jiang Xiaoqi still didn't get a response, and he was the only one in the silent Qu Chi talking to himself to a stone.

"Sure enough, it didn't work. ”

Finally, Jiang Xiaoqi gave up, withdrew his palm from the fragment in front of him, a self-deprecating smile swept the corner of his mouth, spread his hands, and said helplessly.

Indeed, no one would be like him, chatting about a blue stone, hoping to get a response from the stone.

"Buzz"

However, not long after Jiang Xiaoqi withdrew his arm, a faint consciousness came from the fragment in front of him, and immediately, Jiang Xiaoqi's eyes were surprised to find that the azure fragment standing in front of him trembled slightly, and a faint thought came from it, which fell in Jiang Xiaoqi's mind.

"Uh, do you think I'm too long-winded?"

Although the consciousness coming out of the fragment was not clear and had no obvious meaning, Jiang Xiaoqi still roughly understood the meaning of the fragment through his own analysis and the slight tremor of the fragment, it should be disgusted with his words too much.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaoqi's illusory face couldn't help but have a look of astonishment, and the corners of his mouth pulled slightly, revealing a look of crying and laughing. I thought that the azure fragments in front of him were moved by the expression of his true feelings, but judging from the current situation, it was completely his own passion.

"Can you hear me?"

Strike while the iron is hot, although he is disliked by others, but he still let him know that this origin fragment is not a stubborn stone, but has its own consciousness, although it seems to be a little ignorant, but the general meaning can still be glimpsed, so, Jiang Xiaoqi was cheeky again, stepped forward to ask, staring at the big eyes in anticipation of the answer.

A long time has passed, and the azure fragments in front of him are still silent, and there is no so-called idea coming out, which makes the hope that has just risen in Jiang Xiaoqi's heart shattered again, and he can only helplessly spread his hands and put away many doubts in his heart.

"The world says that you are one of the origins of creation, but in my opinion, you are just a false name, and you are not as domineering and strong as the cold force outside. ”

Suddenly, Jiang Xiaoqi had a plan, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth flashed away. Then, seeing him open his mouth faintly, facing the silent azure fragment in front of him, his words were a little provocative, his eyes were like leaving, and he turned his head from time to time to look at the dark aura surrounding the curved pool.

Sure enough, Jiang Xiaoqi's obvious provocation was quite effective, and I saw that the fragment of the origin that had been silent suddenly bloomed at this moment, passing through Jiang Xiaoqi's illusory body, and the azure brilliance filled the entire Quchi.

Then, the bubbling spring of the Qu Chi immediately surged under the light of the Origin Fragment, setting off waves of the sea, and the spiritual power permeated in the Qu Chi was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye at this moment, and the Qu Chi, which was originally suppressed by Jiang Xiaoqi to only half the height, was filled up in a short time under the blue light of the Origin Fragment.

In the next moment, the azure spiritual power that filled the Qu Chi was blessed by the origin fragments, and a wave of brains surged towards the deep magic power surrounding the Qu Chi, and the surging waves rushed over, instantly dispersing a lot of majestic magic power. How could he endure such a domineering magic power, and immediately saw the black light outside the Qu Chi, surging towards the azure spiritual power of the waves, domineering devouring. In this way, with the blessing of the Origin Fragment, the two forces fought fiercely.

And Jiang Xiaoqi, as the initiator of this campaign, was knocked over by a wave as early as the moment when the spiritual power in the Qu Chi skyrocketed, and he hid outside the Qu Chi in a stupid manner, looking at the surging battle below, there was an inexplicable brilliance in his eyes.

As for the outside world, Jiang Xiaoqi's complexion can be described as wonderful, and his fair cheeks can be seen very clearly in the moonlight shining through the window, where the two colors of black and blue are constantly changing, like a poison in his body. The ferocious conquest in his body made Jiang Xiaoqi frown slightly, and a lot of sweat oozed from his forehead.

Thankfully, everything was well under his plan, and for now, he just had to wait for the final outcome.